Gonococcal endocarditis: Assessment by transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-370

  Sobel, Jeffrey L ^a   Maisel, Alan S ^a   Tarazi, Riyad ^a   Blanchard, Daniel G ^a,b  

^a UCSD Medical Center ^*

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FISTULA; GONORRHEA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AORTIC DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FISTULA; GONORRHEA; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0031133352     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)70075-0     Document Type: Article

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